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F. LEISER PAN Filed March 22. 192e v Florence Lez'ser ATTORNEY Patented Feb. 15, 1927.

f UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FLORENCE marsan, oF ivrAnIsoN,v WISCONSIN.

I PAN.

Application' -fnea Meren 2a, 192e. serieu Ne. 96,603.

This invention relates to improvementsin pans used for baking and the like, the principal object of the invention being to provide means for loosening the cake or other article l placed in the pan from the bottom of the pan, so that the article can be easily removed from the pan and without danger of.

breaking the article. i.

'Another object of the invention is tov attach the separating member to the pan ,soV

that there is no danger of it becoming detached and lost. y V

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement vof the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing my invention in detail, reference Awill vbe had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or correspondingl parts throughout the sev- `eral views, and in which Y Figure l is a perspective view showing the invention applied to a pan.

Figure 2 is a sectionalview through Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a detail sectional view showing a modification.

In these views, l indicates a. pan which is provided with a transverse slot 2 in its bottomra strip 3 being fastened to the under face of thebottom to venclose the slot andl thus prevent material placed in the pan from escaping through the slot. A cutter strip 4 is lslidably arranged in the pan and hasits ends passing up over the ends ofthe pan and said ends are-bent over to formthe loops 5 for engaging the'bead '1" of the pan and then the ends of the strip are bentoutwardly to form the handles 6. A headed rivet 7 is slidably mounted in the guideway formed by the groove 2 and the strip 3 and this rivet is attached to the strip 4.

v Figure 3 shows the guideway as composed of a loop 8 formed in the bottom .of the pan at lthe center thereof to receive the rivet 7. l

This guideway extends up the sides of the pan,'as shown at 8 so that the rivet can be placed in position before the sides of the pan are bent upwardly. W y z From the foregoing it ,willlbe seen that after a cake has-been baked, and it is desired to remove the cake-from the pan, by moving thestrip 4 across the bottom of the pan, the

cake will be detached from the-pan so that it can be easily removed therefrom and there will be no dangerof the cake breaking while being removed. In other words, the strip 4 acts as a cutter to cut the bottom of the cake fromv the bottom of the pan. The strip is moved by grasping the handles A6, the

loops 5 acting'as guiding means and thev rivet and the 'guide'way also act as guiding` l. 'In combination with a pan having a transverse slot infits bottom, a, cover at the. bottom of the pan for enclosingthe slot, a cutter strip shdably mounted in the pan andl having its end portions projecting from the pan .and forming handles and a member slidlng in the slotand connected with the cutter strip.

'2. In combination with a pan having a p transverse'slot in its bottom, means for enclosing the ,lower portion 0f the slot, said slot and covering means forming a guideway, a cutter strip, a rivetfastenedy toy the saine and sliding in -the-guideway, the ends of the strip extending up. over the ends of the pan and being looped to engage the bead at the top of the pan with the extremities of the lstrip extended to form handles.

In testimony whereofI ax my signature.

FLORENCE LEISER. 

